Simple, quantitative measurement of cytokine gene expression using an immunometric reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 282, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 135-145

  Hoadley, Margaret E ^a   Hopkins, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assay; Cytokine; mRNA; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

2,4 DINITROPHENOL; ACTIN; AVIDIN; ENDOTOXIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; CELL LABELING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DILUTION CURVE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0242352676     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2003.08.009     Document Type: Article

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